Trustee duties require following settlor directions unless beneficiary consent or directions are impracticable, illegal, or harmful. Trustees must execute the trust by fulfilling its purpose and obeying the author's directions as given at creation, subject to modification by the unanimous consent of competent beneficiaries or, for an incompetent beneficiary, by a competent civil court; trustees need not obey directions that are impracticable, illegal, or manifestly injurious, and trusts for payment of debts are limited to debts existing at creation and non interest debts are paid without interest.
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Trustee duties require following settlor directions unless beneficiary consent or directions are impracticable, illegal, or harmful.
Trustees must execute the trust by fulfilling its purpose and obeying the author's directions as given at creation, subject to modification by the unanimous consent of competent beneficiaries or, for an incompetent beneficiary, by a competent civil court; trustees need not obey directions that are impracticable, illegal, or manifestly injurious, and trusts for payment of debts are limited to debts existing at creation and non interest debts are paid without interest.
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